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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Protection from search and seizure is only warranted when dealing with legally obtained items.
Under California law, the editor of Gizmodo (ie: the guy who paid $5000 for stolen property) is considered party to theft. Therefore, "search and seizure" cannot be invoked.
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That's not necesarilly true, if it were that black and white there wouldn't be a strong argument against the validity of the warrant. There's also a question as to whether the obtaining of the phone constiuted a crime.